The first Restore KC program will create a virtual community circle to learn about restorative practices and why the Kansas City Museum is embracing its core framework and strategies to advance a civic unity vision. The program will be led by Blanca Anchondo-Polite and Lisa Middlebrook of Engage and Connect, LLC.

The Kansas City Museum education team includes museum staff members Paul Gutierrez and Anna Marie Tutera; Damron Armstrong, Founder and Artistic Director of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City; Deb Campbell, Founder and Executive Director of Arts & AGEing KC; Dr. Gene Chávez, Historian and Curator; Anita Dixon, Director of UNESCO Creative Cities-Kansas City; Oralee McKinzy, Founder and Executive Director of Life 360; Dina Newman, Director UMKC’s Center for Neighborhoods and Dr. Jacob Wagner, Co-Founder of UMKC’s Center for Neighborhoods and Associate Professor in Architecture, Urban Planning + Design at UMKC; Glenn North, Executive Director of Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center; Blanca Anchondo-Polite, Owner/Principal of Engage and Connect, LLC and Lisa Middlebrook, Collaborator and Catalyst; and Dr. Carmaletta Williams, Executive Director of Black Archives of Mid-America.